Instant Pot Electric Rice Cooker & Steamer, 2.8L (12 Cup) - With Dishwasher-Safe Non-Stick Cooking Pot, Stainless-steel Steamer Basket, Measuring Cup - With Slow Cooker & Sauté Functions

This was a present for a family member who was determined to improve her culinary arts. The first attempt had slightly more water than expected because she didn't factor the water that had been in the rice after washing it. Subsequent attempts have been very good because the water used was less and the rice was very fluffy and tastes good. It takes about 45 minutes to cook the rice using its internal programming so very easy to use. However, the timer only comes up just before the rice is cooked. Be careful with the steam vent at the top if you get too curious and put your hands over it when the rice is cooking. It generates a lot of heat so that is real steam. Just start cooking and go ahead with your activities and come back after 45 minutes and your food will be ready. The size of the bowl is good for four cups and serves four people.4 cups of rice means 4 cups of rice so don't push your luck by measuring with a mug. The low carb feature hasn't been used yet but looks like the quantity of food will be less than 4 servings.

Easiest and best rice steamer I've had. I have rice probably 3 times a week, and have always used a rice steamer. First off, I simply used the carb reduce function rather than the brown or white rice setting, put in 2 cups just to see how it worked, and was amazed with the result. Didn't wash the rice, just put it in the metal basket, filled water to the 2 cup mark on the basket, and pressed start....thats it. Feels like it washed the rice as it cooked and ended up with perfectly fluffy and soft rice. A real trade up from my 35 quid Russell hobbs which always stuck a bit, and always came out a bit stodgy and soggy, even if washed properly. Also, used this same steamer to slow cook a beef casserole for Sunday dinner and again, great result, even compared to my slow cooker and instant pot duo. I feel its almost verging on a multicooker as its not just a rice steamer, I even used it to saute the onions before I slow cooked. Totally worth what I paid for it, and I won't be looking back....and thats from a lifelong Russell hobbs user who is now 100% converted to the Instant...excuse the video, it's hard to unbox one handed and record at the same time, I also recorded the carb reduce process as that was what I bought it for mainly. Also fully dishwasher safe, the top part inside the lid unclips and just bung it all in, easy to clean, easy to use and I feel a total bargain.

This makes great white rice, though we add slightly more water than it suggests to get it perfect for us... Have tried following the instructions for reduced carb rice, which ended up not cooked ... when I cooked one cup of porridge on the suggested setting it erupted through the vent like lava. I bought it to do the different tasks as I am disabled so lifting hot pans not safe. Now wishing I had gone for a straight rice cooker as won't be doing those things again the waste of food and clean up are too much for me to cope with.

Items is good and clean. Easy to use. It is worth it.

Very good and easy to use I'll recommend for everyone 👍 👌 🙂

It looks nice and easy to use.However I bought a 12cup capacity but in reality it is only 6 cups capacity.

Used this a few times now and we got it in prime day so got a good discounted price. The cooking capacity is perfect I would say for a family of 4 to be fair more. I don't know how it works, but the low carb function definitely works you feel far less of a spike so to speak and personally I think that setting makes the rice the best out of all the settings. It isn't huge and fits into our kitchen very nicely. The instructions are all available on the insta pot website we used a QR code that it came with. The product has been used multiple times now and feels durable. Would strongly recommend this one. I did a lot of research prior to buying it after having a cheap rice cooker for a while before, when that packed in we decided we wanted a very good one at a higher cost because we would use it and it has been worth every penny since buying it.

Super nice!!!

It isn't the best one that I have used but it works - it does the job. There are orher functions, the vegetable steaming doesn't work as well as the rice function but over all it's grand. The slow cook function is very cool. I imagine you could pick up slightly better rice cooker without the extra functionality for much less if that's what you're aiming for.

EDIT: Unit has now stopped making even white rice properly and I can't get any help from Instant Pot. OK rice cooker and steamer. Makes white and brown rice on timer programs, not using moisture to gauge doneness like other rice cookers (it shuts off and shows "End" while my brown rice is still swimming in liquid). Steams OK (vegetables and dumplings). Doesn't have a problem cooking rice mixed with seasonings and chopped ingredients. So far, it's about the same as a slightly defective cheap single-button rice cooker with the addition of a saute and slow cook functionality. However, the rice cooker isn't good for brown rice or whole grains (cooking sorghum millet took FOUR brown rice cycles and still needed to be drained). You can't adjust the temperature of the saute or the temperature of the slow cooker (you get ONE setting for each). You can't adjust the time of the rice cooking cycles. The gasket of the inner lid is fastened on and can't be washed separately, and the assembly is finicky to wash by hand. Water spills all over the place when you open the lid and there's nowhere for it to go but the countertop (there's no cup to catch moisture or even a rim to prevent leakage). The manual that promises thousands of recipes on the site is wrong. There are precisely zero recipes for the rice cooker on the site. When I contacted support, they told me to download the app. There are zero recipes for the rice cooker in the app, which you must register for (not in this lifetime am I going to sign up for intrusive marketing to get functionality I paid for). Irish customers need to know that you can't purchase replacement parts like a rice cooker bowl or inner lid because the site accepts only orders from and to the UK. While this includes Northern Ireland, I shouldn't have to drive across the border to a mail drop location to pick up my order. Instant Pot support said that's the only solution. If they sell the machine in Ireland, they need to make parts available here too. I'm thinking of sending this back. I already have a basic rice cooker, a steamer, a frying pan, and a slow cooker. I even have two Instant Pots (with so-called rice cooker functionality that doesn't work well). This is way too overpriced for what it is - it's not a replacement for a digital rice cooker at all. Edit: My husband decided to keep it. We ordered a replacement inner lid from the Instant Pot UK website. Instead of the inner lid, they sent a cheap, oddly-shaped plastic cup that is not a rice measuring cup. I don't know what it even is. It isn't a part for the rice cooker. I wanted to contact their customer service and ask about it, but there is NO PHONE NUMBER for UK customer service - not on the website or even using Google and AI. Don't buy this.